[Geneva's "pharmacy from the heart": towards a better access to drugs for uninsured patients].
For more than ten years in Geneva, a partnership between community pharmacies and health care workers in the public sector guarantees a better access to medications for people living in poverty and without health insurance. After a carefully selection, unused medicines are distributed to selected groups of persons in need. This partnership is fully integrated in the local public/private network of institutions active in the fight against inequalities towards access to care.
Besson
Marius
M
Unité mobile de soins communautaires, Service de médecine de premier recours, Département de médecine communautaire et de premier recours, HUG, 1211 Genève 14. marius.besson@hcuge.ch
Gerstel
Philippe
P
Bédat
Gérard
G
Jackson
Yves
Y
D006801:Humans; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D013557:Switzerland
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations